title: Continuous wave and passively Q-switched Nd:Lu xY1-x VO4 laser at 1.34 μm with V3+:YAG as the saturable absorber.
abstract: We demonstrated a diode-pumped continuous wave and passively Q-switched Nd:Lu(x)Y(1-x)VO4 laser at 1.34 μm with V3+:YAG as the saturable absorber. The crystal Nd:Lu(x)Y(1-x)VO4 with equal ionic ratio (x = 0.5) shows better laser performance. The maximum continuous wave output power of 1.45 W was obtained with the optical efficiency of 20.1% and the slope efficiency of 24.5%. For the pulsed operation, the minimum pulse width achieved was 42 ns with the pulse repetition frequency of 142 kHz, and the single pulse energy and the peak power were estimated to be 6.62 μJ and 157.6 W, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-state Laser and Applied Techniques , Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai, 201800, China.
authors.forename: Shuaiyi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Haitao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Mingjian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jianqiu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jingliang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*